- (July 6, 1939) "The Services of an Expert" (W2XBS/WNBC TV) Adaptation of the Harry Stephen Keeler detective short story, with Ethelyn Mateson, Maxine Roscoe and Lew Daly. 30 Minutes.
- (August 29, 1939) "Dulcy" (W2XBS/WNBC TV) Adaptation of the George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly stage comedy, with Tom Powers, Helen Claire and K.T. Stevens. 60 minutes.
- (January 5, 1938) Stage: Drake, whose early New York theatre appearances were all under his real name Alfred Alderdice, begins rehearsals for his first Broadway play "Trio for Saxaphones" by Kenyon Nicholson. By mid-January the title is changed to "June Night" and star Martha Scott drops out of the cast. The show is scheduled to open February 9, 1938 at the Playhouse Theatre but after a tryout at the Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia (January 31 through February 5th) the show is postponed for revisions. Drake is not in the cast when the show opens as "Dance Night" on October 14, 1938 at the Belasco Theatre and closes the next day.
- (December 13, 1938) Stage: Opens in "Central Casting" as Roy Adams at the Shubert Theatre in Brooklyn. Esther Ralston and Boyd Crawford star in Nicolas Cosentino's play about struggling actors in Hollywood which closes December 18, 1938. Plans to bring the show to Broadway are unsuccessful.
- (November 3, 1938) Stage: "Run Sheep Run" Drake makes his Broadway debut as Eighteen in this comedy by Raymond Knight at the Windsor Theatre. Hugh O'Connell stars as a NY newspaper columnist who returns to his rural home town to attend his 25th high school reunion, suggested by the life of columnist O.O. McIntyre. The show closes November 12, 1938. 12 performances.
- (May 25, 1939) Stage: Opens in "Clean Beds" as Donald Tabor at the John Golden Theatre. Loosely based on the Maxim Gorky play "The Lower Depths." Play credited to a George S. George, a pseudonym for an unnamed writer and was originally produced in September 1936 by Mae West at the Hollytown Theater in Hollywood. West reportedly 'polished' the script about a newlywed, Drake, who ends up in a flophouse after a fight with his wife. His wife comes looking for him and is saved from being sold into white slavery by a drunken actor supposedly inspired by John Barrymore. The New York Times called the play "the lowest depths of them all." The show closed May 27, 1939. 4 performances.
- (April 17, 1943) Stage: Drake joins the cast of the hit Broadway show "Janie," replacing Jason Evers (billed as Herbert Evers) in the part of Dick Lawrence at the Playhouse Theatre. Drake is spotted by a MGM talent scout during his run and signed to a contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer. He leaves the show at the end of August.
- (June 26, 1950) Stage: Opens in "Brother Rat" as Dan Crawford at the Westchester Playhouse in Mount Kisco, NY. The show closes on July 1, 1950.
- (October 1958) TV: "Barbary Coast" Drake appears in a pilot for ABC TV, produced by Interstate Television Corp; the television division of Allied Artists Pictures. Produced by Ben Schwalb and directed by Tay Garnett. The show stars Larry Pennell and Allison Hayes with Linda Danson, Glenn Strange, Carolyn Hughes, Steven Terrell, Arline Hunter, Shary Marshall, Nan Peterson and Jane Burgess. The show is not picked up and the pilot never airs on television. 30 minutes.
- (October 29, 1947) Radio: Appeared on the syndicated "Proudly We Hail" broadcast of "Flowers for Suzette" as Tony Powers. Sponsored by the U.S. Army and Air Force Recruiting. 15 minutes.
- (March 10, 1950) TV: "The After Hours Club" (WCBS TV New York) Host: Fred Robbins. Guests included Drake, Kaye Ballard, Betty Betz and series regular Joe Bushkin. 15 minutes.
- (March 30, 1954) Stage: "Stalag 17" as Sefton. Drake stars in the Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski play at the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood for a three week run. The show is directed by Harvey Lembeck who also reprises his role as Harry Shapiro from the original Broadway cast and the film.
- (March 11, 1945) Radio: Old Gold's Comedy Theatre of the Air (NBC) "The Magnificent Dope" as Tad Page, with Janet Blair and William Gargan. Harold Lloyd hosts. 30 minutes.
- (May 28, 1945) Radio: Lux Radio Theatre (CBS) "Kentucky" as Jack Dillon, with Laraine Day and Walter Brennan. Mitchell Leisen hosts. 60 minutes.
- (December 22, 1950) Radio: MGM Theatre of the Air (Mutual/Syndicated) "The Sailor Takes a Wife" as John Hill, with Bonita Granville. 60 minutes.
- (August 3, 1950) TV: Hollywood T-Views (WBKB TV Chicago) Sunda Love Richards interviews Drake and Hal Le Roy. 15 minutes.
- (July 31, 1957) Radio: Family Theatre (Mutual) "Design Flaw" as Mike, with Jason Johnson, Alice Backes, Robert Emlin and Ted de Corsia. Dan O'Herlihy hosts. 30 minutes.
- (August/September 1949) Stage: "Her Cardboard Lover" as André Sallicel. Drake and Haila Stoddard tour in the Jacques Deval comedy. Stops include the Famous Artists Country Playhouse in Fayetteville, New York (8/8-13), Crandell Theatre in Chatham, New York (8/16-21), Chevy Chase Summer Theatre in Wheeling, Illinois (8/23-28), Kenley Players at the Lakewood Summer Theatre in Lakewood Park, Barnesville, Pennsylvania (8/30-9/4) and the Lake Whalom Playhouse in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (9/4-11).
- (December 2, 1946) Radio: Lux Radio Theatre (CBS) "Meet Me in St. Louis" as John Truett, with Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien and Gale Gordon. William Keighley hosts. 60 minutes.
- (May 13, 1945) Radio: Old Gold's Comedy Theatre of the Air (NBC) "She Loves Me Not" as Paul Lawton, with Maria Montez and Freddie Bartholomew. Harold Lloyd hosts. 30 minutes.
- (June 18, 1945) Radio: Lux Radio Theatre (CBS) "The Canterville Ghost" as Cuffy Williams, with Charles Laughton and Margaret O'Brien. Hal B. Wallis hosts. 60 minutes.
- (April 6, 1979) Radio: Sears Radio Theatre (CBS) "A Short History of Bac Hà" as Captain Dawson, with Tommy Cook, Keith Andes, Daws Butler, Marvin Miller, Lillian Buyeff and Norman Alden. Richard Widmark hosts. Rebroadcast on August 3, 1979 with Howard Duff as host. 60 minutes.
- (January 24, 1955) Stage: "Stalag 17" as Sefton, at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona, with Hugh O'Brian and, from the original Broadway cast and film, Robert Strauss, through January 29, 1955.
- (July/August 1950) Stage: "Heaven Can Wait" as Joe Pendleton. Drake tours in the original stage version of Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) by Harry Segall. Stops include the Watkins Glen Summer Theatre in Watkins Glen, New York (7/10-15), Drake made a personal appearance at the Keeney Theatre in Watkins Glen on July 11th instead of a full performance at the Watkins Glen Theatre. Drake and cast performed a 15 minute scene from "Heaven Can Wait" as an added attraction to the screening of Annie Get Your Gun (1950) at the Keeney. Next stops were Shea's Summer Theatre in Bradford, Pennsylvania (7/17-7/22), the Green Hills Theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania (7/25-30) and the Chevy Chase Summer Theatre in Wheeling, Illinois (8/1-6). The show reverted to it's movie title for the Wheeling engagement.
- (January 13, 1947) Radio: Lux Radio Theatre (CBS) "The Green Years" as Robert Shannon, with Charles Coburn, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn and Dean Stockwell. William Keighley hosts. 60 minutes.
- (May 14, 1950) Radio: Theatre Guild on the Air (NBC) "The Trial of Mary Dugan" as Jimmy, with Paulette Goddard and Pat O'Brien. Roger Pryor hosts.
- (March 19, 1956) Stage: "The Rainmaker" as Bill Starbuck, at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona, with Sallie Brophy and James Dobson. Show closes March 24, 1956.
- (January 27, 1950) Radio: Paula Stone's Hollywood, USA (MGM Syndication) Stone welcomes guests Drake, Ellen Drew and Horace Hatfield. 15 minutes.
- (August 11, 1947) Stage: "Night Must Fall" as Danny, at the Holiday Stage in Tustin, California, with Mary Finney and Ella Nora. The show closes August 16, 1947.
- (July 27, 1948) Stage: Opens in "The Voice of the Turtle" as Bill Page at the Laguna Beach Playhouse with Nancy Coleman and Betty Furness.
- (January 23, 1950) Stage: Opens in "John Loves Mary" as John Lawrence at the Penthouse Theatre in the Hotel Ansley in Atlanta, Georgia.
- (August 1950) Stage: "John Loves Mary" as John Lawrence at the Ring Theatre in the Hotel Allerton in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (July 4, 1951) Stage: "The Voice of the Turtle" as Bill Page with Joan Caulfield and Geraldine Carr. The show opens at El Teatro de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then moves to the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque on July 9, 1951.
- (October 24, 1950) Personal Appearance: National Glove Week. Gimbel's Department Store in Manhattan celebrates "National Glove Week" with appearances by Benny Goodman and Frances Langford (1 p.m.) and Drake and Anne Jeffreys (4 p.m.). "Equip yourself with a pair of well-dressed paws, and shake hands with the stars" on Gimbel's street level/first floor.
- (July 31, 1945) Radio: Paula Stone and Phil Brito (Mutual) Drake is interviewed by Paula Stone, Phil Brito sings. 15 minutes.
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